Aficionado

Aficionado means lovers. Often refers to the word on areas of Spanish or Latin American background, such as cigars, tango or bullfighting.

Aficionado as cigar lovers

Spain was the discovery of America, the first European nation which produced cigars. On the basis of this tradition and the fact that Spanish is spoken in the tobacco-growing regions of Central America, you will encounter in the field of cigar on many Spanish words.

Aficionados give the cigar consumption, they often start with special Anzünderitualen, even to outsiders the flair of quality enjoyment. In feature films presents a figure with cigar usually a person has high social status dar.

The Cigar Aficionado is a known cigar magazine in the U.S., which has been transformed in recent years into a men's lifestyle magazine.

Aficionado as bullfighting lover

In relation to bullfighting, Spain has a pioneering role. A particularly famous Stierkampfaficionado was Ernest Hemingway, who used this term himself several times in his book Fiesta (1927 ).

• Spanish Language
• Cigars